Associated Press
A new Florida law restricting health care for transgender people can still be applied to adults while it is being challenged in court, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Judge Robert Hinkle, who previously blocked the law’s enforcement on behalf of minors, ruled that adults seeking to expand his injunction haven’t proven they would be irreparably harmed until the case is resolved.
The law signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in May bans any transgender treatment for minors and requires transgender adults give consent to treatment in person and with a physician present. Advocates say that is a problem because much of the care is prescribed by nurse practitioners and/or through telehealth – and that it’s too hard for many patients to get or get to in-person appointments with physicians.
Florida is one of 22 states to adopt a law in the last few years banning gender-affirming care for children. But unlike others, the one signed by DeSantis, a candidate for President, also has provisions aimed at care for transgender adults.
3 comments
Tom
September 13, 2023 at 9:57 am
If some guy wants to cut his pecker off, wear a dress and call himself Mary, why does anyone care? How about doing something useful for the other 27 million people in Florida? Rhonda and his stupid culture wars. I really wonder what he’s so afraid of. There is something fishy in his background.
Dr. Franklin Waters
September 13, 2023 at 11:43 am
“If some guy wants to cut his pecker off, wear a dress and call himself Mary, why does anyone care?”
Because “Small Government” Conservatives are obsessed with controlling others personal lives. Usually out of superstition about some dead guy named Jesus or some crap like that.
Rick Whitaker
September 15, 2023 at 7:30 am
the blind loyalty to a 2000 year old cult of conspiracy theories is a big problem. the white supremacy christian maga group are doing what they always do, lie, cheat, and distort. who needs that. i am an atheist. because i believe in god. jesus worship is far from spirituality. christians love to hate, period. hating lgbqt is a christian thing. i think desantis must of had a homosexual event while he was in the navy. if anyone knows about that please come forward and expose his guilty conscience
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